Name Jerry Lincecum | ||
Jerry Bryan Lincecum (born 1942) is a speaker and retired Emeritus Professor of English at Austin College in Sherman, Texas. He is a folklorist and specialist in Texas and Southwestern literature.
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Education
Linceum holds a bachelor's degree from Texas A&M University. He earned a master's degree and PhD from Duke University.
Professional activities
Linceum became a member of the faculty at Austin College in 1967, and retired in 2006 as professor emeritus of English. He is the director and founder of the Telling Our Stories Project in Autobiography, which has attracted international attention to Austin College. This is a program that encourages senior citizens to write their autobiographies.
He has served as President of the Texas Folklore Society,
Awards
Linceum has been awarded the Silver Certificate of Merit by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas and the Miss Ima Hogg Historical Achievement Award for Outstanding Research on Texas History. His book on the pioneer naturalist Gideon Lincecum, Science on the Texas Frontier: Observations of Dr. Gideon Lincecum has been reviewed by several academic journals both in history and in the sciences, as have some of his other books.
Books
Linceum has written or edited eight books and numerous articles.